This is a very popular Mexican pasta bake. Unlike traditional pasta dishes, this one doesn’t require any pasta sauce. Taco pasta bake is one of the most brilliant combination of Italian pasta and Mexican taco. Next time when you are going to make pasta, instead of the original stir-fry way, try to bake it. Taco pasta bake is definitely the one you have to try! It’s not only very easy to make, but also very delicious as well!!
Ingredients
1/2 – 3/4 of a bag of large noodle pasta like ziti
approx. 1lb of ground beef
1 pkg/envelope of taco seasoning
1C water
1/2 pkg of cream cheese
1 1/2C shredded cheese (I used marble)
Directions
1. boil pasta until just cooked, drain, run cold water over it
2. brown ground beef
3. mix together taco season and 1C of water, pour over cooked beef and let simmer for about 5 minutes until the liquid has reduced
4. add the 1/2 pkg of cream cheese to the beef mixture, stir until melted and combined, remove from heat
5. put pasta in your casserole dish or pot, mix in 1C of the shredded cheese
6. top pasta and cheese with beef mixture, gently mix until the pasta is coated
7. top with remaining 1/2C of shredded cheese
8. bake at 350 uncovered for approx 30 minutes